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President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to travel to Washington, DC in the coming days, after the United States and Ukraine agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, according to a Ukrainian official.

The potential deal between Trump and Zelensky would grant Washington partial access to Ukraine’s natural resources. It comes after days of pressure from Trump.

As we've been reporting, a senior Ukrainian official said today that they are close to agreeing a minerals deal with the US. Kyiv estimates that about 5% of the world's "critical raw materials" are in Ukraine. That includes millions of tonnes of graphite, which is used to make batteries for electric vehicles.

Three senior Ukrainian officials say the deal between Ukraine and the U.S. would include the exploitation of rare earth minerals.

Ukraine has agreed the terms of a major minerals deal with the US, a senior official in Kyiv has told the BBC. "We have indeed agreed it with a number of good amendments and see it as a positive outcome,

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Trump says the U.S. and Ukraine have reached agreement on a rare earth minerals deal. Alexander Vindman joins to discuss that and more.